The 2015 Chilli Thread

I don't heat my greenhouse but, inside there, I have a 5ft x 3ft propagator that I built in 1976. I have it covered in an ordinary sheet of plastic supported on hooped cloche wires.

So they have bottom heat (seedlings are kept indoors until sufficiently strong to go into the propagator) and it's trapped by the plastic. On warmer days I open the plastic, just roll it back, and then close it at night.

Quite often, when I open it up, the cat from down the road is asleep in there

 

I have 511 Chilli plants (so far) in my polytunnel, I have approximately another 500-600 to pot up.

I chose the same kind of method of germination as Shiney, damp kitchen roll (using rainwater and Nitrozyme) in clear takeaway container and put lid back on., once germinated, I transferred to 18mm Peat plugs (as you can grow so many in a small area), once they had/have put on enough growth, transfer them to 9cm pots using Jacks Magic and Perlite mixed in.

Choc Hab
White Hab
Orange Hab
Submarine (from Seaspring Seeds)
Red Hab
Hungarian Hot Wax
Carolina Reaper
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Chiltepin
White Bhut Jolokia
Peach Bhut Jolokia
Chupetinho
Fatalii
7 Pot Douglah
7 Pot Brain Strain
Dorset Naga
Bubblegum 7 pot Seeds
Choc Trinidad Scorpion
Vezena Piperka
Choc Scotch Bonnet
Butch T Scorpion
Jays Peach
Naga Viper
Devils Tongue
Jamaican Yellow
Birds Eye
Red Assam
Mini sweet pepper
Pepperoncini Golden Greek
Borg 9
Congo Brown
Trinidad 7 pot Jonah

I think that is all .....

I'll post a few pics tomorrow, need to transfer them from my phone

 

Oh, and do feel free to register on www.Chilli-Grower.uk and post a little It would help a lot.

The Calendar has lots of Chilli Festival dates in it all over the UK

Thanks

 

I'm looking to sell some locally, at point of sale, people will get a business card for both GC and also www.Chilli-grower.uk

I did also want to make some chilli sauces this year, at this rate though I'll need to get another freezer :D


I have also upped my polytunnel count this year from 1 to 3x 6mx3m tunnels.

I'll have to see later in the year

 

Here's how I started earlier in the year.











1000 18mm plugs :-



Carolina Reaper :-

 

Using my Marine Aquarium as an area to light them to put some growth on





Finally in the tunnel :-







Spot the 40 Grow Bag trays ...